The private healthcare group has added the ROSA® robot from Zimmer Biomet for knee, hip and shoulder prosthesis surgery and becomes the only one in the province of Las Palmas to have this high-precision technology
Hospitales Universitarios San Roque continues to drive technological innovation for its patients with the incorporation of the ROSA® (Robotic Orthopedic Surgical Assistant) system from Zimmer Biomet , the first orthopedic and trauma surgery robot implemented in Gran Canaria . With this acquisition, the healthcare group becomes the private hospital with the greatest commitment to robotic surgery in the Canary Islands and the first center in the province of Las Palmas to have a robot specifically designed for orthopedic surgery.
The arrival of this technology represents an important advance for the Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Service , led by Dr. Edwin Pantaleón , a national and international reference in hip surgery and trainer of traumatologists from different countries in advanced surgical techniques.
Personalized surgery with millimeter precision
The ROSA® robot is designed to assist surgeons during knee, hip, and shoulder replacement surgeries. Far from replacing the specialist, it acts as an intelligent tool that provides real-time information and allows surgery to be performed with a level of precision far superior to that of conventional techniques.
Before the procedure, the system performs a fully personalized plan using a three-dimensional model of the area to be treated on the patient, which allows for the precise determination of the ideal size and position of the prosthesis.
During surgery, sensors placed in the area to be operated on function as a real-time navigation system, continuously monitoring the patient's anatomy and guiding the surgeon to perform bone cuts with millimeter precision and optimal ligament balancing.
Greater precision, less surgical trauma, and a faster recovery
The incorporation of the ROSA® robot offers significant clinical advantages for both the surgeon and the patient. The precision in implant placement improves prosthesis alignment, promoting greater durability and better long-term joint function. Furthermore, by better preserving soft tissues, muscles, and ligaments, the surgery is less invasive, reduces bleeding, and minimizes surgical damage.
All of this translates into a faster recovery, less postoperative pain, less need for painkillers and earlier rehabilitation, allowing for a shorter hospital stay and a faster return to daily activities.
A new step in the robotic surgery strategy of San Roque University Hospitals
With the addition of ROSA® from Zimmer Biomet, Hospitales Universitarios San Roque continues to expand its robotic surgery ecosystem, consolidating itself as the private healthcare group with the largest implementation of robotic surgery in the Canary Islands.
This commitment adds to the development of robotic surgery programs in other specialties, reaffirming the group's commitment to technological innovation, patient safety and the incorporation of the most advanced techniques to offer increasingly precise and personalized medicine.
According to Dr. Edwin Pantaleón , head of the Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Department, the incorporation of the Zimmer Biomet ROSA® robot represents a decisive step towards increasingly personalized surgery. It allows us to plan each procedure according to the patient's specific anatomy and achieve a level of precision that directly translates into better clinical outcomes and faster recovery.
With this new technology, Hospitales Universitarios San Roque once again positions itself at the forefront of private medicine in the Canary Islands, bringing to patients on the islands the technological advances that are transforming orthopedic surgery in the world's leading hospitals.
